[Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

Tue Dec 28 21:51:17 UTC 2010

How well can the two of you see?  I can see enough to tell most colors, but to read paterns and see pictures, no way.  I can see pictures some, maybe to tell the colors but that's all.  I am colecting my items in braille.  I am embossing the instructions to my classes and putting them in a binder.  
I have a few knitting books, but have not taken on the chalange of using them.  
Terry P.

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From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

Yes, I do this too, Terry. I come up into the stitch from beneath, loosen it, then come down into it for my K stitch. I do this all the time, as I do knit tighter too.  Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

> Thanks for the tips.  Some times I loosen the stitch before going in. 
> This prevents catching on that thread, running through the yarn.  I am 
> a tight knitter and the yarn used to separate.
>
> Terry P.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>
> The Homespun, after it is knitted, will be slightly bumpy and very soft. 
> It is not an easy yarn to knit with but you will get used to is and it 
> will be ok. The end results are very nice though.  It is a very 
> splitty yarn when you are knitting with it, so easy to drive that 
> sharp needle point right into the yarn itself, instead of under or 
> over the yarn. Try to be careful to get that needle where it is 
> supposed to be and not into the middle of the strand itself.  Lynda 
> River Woman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
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>
>> Eileen;
>> So you are saying it is best to let the lumps flow into my knitting 
>> as best as I can.  I was not sure if the outcome was supposed to be 
>> lumpy or not.  I think it is supposed to be lumpy and soft.
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eileen Scrivani [mailto:etscrivani at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:23 AM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>
>> Terry:
>>
>> It's in the nature of these buccle yarns to "bunch" up like that if 
>> you pull with too much tension while knitting.  Both the Lion Brand 
>> Home Spun & the Lion Brand Buccle yarns are examples of similar types 
>> of yarn that can do the exact same thing.  I suspect that they are 
>> all spun very loosely that is what makes them so soft to the touch, 
>> so if you pull the working yarn with too much tension it will happen  
>> with all of them.  I am a very tight knitter so even when I make the 
>> effort to handle those yarns more gently it can happen.  If I find it 
>> occurring I just gently take my fingers on the working strand of yarn 
>> and push the bunching fibers towards the knitting needle so it will 
>> even up and get knit into the project.  Try not to push it down 
>> towards the ball because then the bunch will just get worse.  I don't 
>> know if this is the best way or if there are other ways of dealing 
>> with it, but it works for me.
>>
>> Honestly, I have not yet received my order of the Circus yarn, but 
>> based on the description, I am anticipating it is going to be a 
>> nubby, soft buccle yarn and will have these characteristics.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
>>
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>> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:28 AM
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>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>
>>>
>>> I have a question about this yarn for Eileen and Linda and anyone 
>>> else who has had experience with it.
>>> You know how you find all these lumps in the yarn, I have found thay 
>>> will slide down the length of the yarn and make my current yarn, you 
>>> might say, smooth.  I am wondering if I should be doing this or am I 
>>> damaging the yarn, before it is to late.  I have done about six 
>>> inches of the scarf.  I just do not know how to handle the bumps, 
>>> especially when they move and collect in clusters.
>>> thanks for any advice.
>>>
>>> terry P.
>>>
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